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Nov 15, 2024 | 
acento.com.do | Carlos Cordon
El 35º aniversario de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño nos invita a reflexionar sobre los avances y retos que enfrentan las niñas en el ejercicio de sus derechos. Esta convención, adoptada por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en 1989, fue un hito en la protección de la infancia a nivel mundial.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
msn.com | Carlos Cordon
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Carlos Cordon
3 hours agoMost people know a mid-life crisis when they see one. Classic signs include the sudden appearance of a shiny new sports car in the driveway, an unexpected divorce, or ill-thought-out career switch. But scientists look for signs of the existence of the mid-life crisis phenomenon in data, not …
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
time.com | Carlos Cordon
IdeasBy Carlos CordonNovember 12, 2024 5:54 AM ESTCarlos Cordon is Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. Time may be running out for companies doing business in Europe to trace the origins of ingredients in everything from lipstick to soap, as the E.U. looks set to take up the fight against the global scourge of deforestation.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
imd.org | Carlos Cordon
Today’s large businesses are made up of silos. After years of investing in functional expertise, many organizations have been left with a group of high-functioning but disparate and unconnected teams. With leadership structures that work along similar lines, these teams often end up with leaders who reflect this situation: a finance leader with no knowledge or experience of marketing, say, or a technology leader who has never engaged with the HR function.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
imd.org | Öykü Işık |Carlos Cordon
The recent explosions in Lebanon, triggered using tampered pagers and walkie-talkies, highlight a serious problem: how easily everyday electronics can be weaponized and how vulnerable global supply chains are to such threats. This incident has put a spotlight on just how fragile these networks can be, raising urgent questions about what businesses need to do to protect themselves against similar risks in the future.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
imd.org | Carlos Cordon
Every business function is making bold claims for the transformative potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Supply chain is no exception. Indeed, IBM has described GenAI as a “game changer for the supply chain.” Likewise, Deloitte says the technology can “revolutionize supply chain management.”Given that relatively few organizations seem to have made significant progress to date, such predictions feel a little overblown.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
imd.org | Carlos Cordon |Sameh Abadir
Not everyone in France welcomed the news that Paris would host the 2024 Olympic Games. Fast-forward seven years, and in the months leading up to the Games, French newspapers were full of alarming stories â from concerns about infestations of bed bugs in hotels to worries about the transport systemâs ability to cope with so many visitors. Parisiens in large numbers to avoid disruption. In the aftermath, views have shifted dramatically.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
imd.org | Carlos Cordon
A new model for sustainability How, then, do companies confront this sales versus sustainability dichotomy? The short answer is that they are going to have to explore new business models – and to address any operational challenges they bring. One possibility is to embrace the subscription model, through which customers lease products for as long as they need them, rather than buying them outright.
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May 6, 2024 | 
imd.org | Jim Pulcrano |Howard Yu |Sarena Lin |Carlos Cordon
Whether brewed in an espresso machine, cafetière or Turkish cezve, coffee has always been more than just a drink. Over the centuries, humans have drunk coffee not purely for the taste, but also for medicinal, ritual and social reasons. In 17th-century Britain, the coffee houses were known as “penny universities,” as customers came together to debate the science, politics and literature of the day. In 2022, the trend was still on an upward trajectory, with global sales of .
